Mary Ann Hope Kendall

Mrs. Mary Ann Hope Kendall age 77 of Gainesville passed away on Saturday July 18, 2015 at Northeast Georgia Medical Center following a brief illness.

Funeral services are scheduled for Monday July 20, 2015 at 11:00 a.m. at Dunagans Chapel UMC with interment to follow in Memorial Park Cemetery. Dr. Jimmy Hope and Reverend Phil Williams will officiate. The family will receive friends on Sunday July 19, 2015 from 5:00-7:00 p.m. at the funeral home.  The body will lie in state from 10:30 a.m.-11:00 a.m. at the church.

Mary Ann Kendall grew up in Gainesville where she attended Main Street School and graduated from Gainesville High School. She worked at the Georgia Mountain Center and was later employed by Northeast Georgia Medical Center. She was preceded in death by her husband, Steve Kendall, daughter, Katie Kendall, parents, Jerry and Inez Hope, sisters, Betty Sanders, Frances Kerns, Janie Milner, brothers,  Charles Hope, George Hope,  Johnny Lee Hope, W.A. Hope, W.L. Hope and Robert Earl Hope.

Survivors include daughter and son-in-law, Susan and John Klingel of Huntsville, AL, grand-daughter, Katey Ann Klingel of Huntsville, AL, son, Jeffrey Kendall of Auburn, Ga, grand-daughter and spouse, Cassandra and Pete Kendall- Kyle of Loganville, grandson and spouse, Darren and Brittany Kendall of Cumming, 1 great-grandson, Jamison Kendall- Kyle of Cumming, sisters, Evelyn Smith of Anderson, SC, and Ethel Page of Gainesville, brothers and sister-in-laws, Dr. Jimmy and Judy Hope of Gainesville, Billy and Barbara Hope of Gainesville.

Mrs. Kendall was known for her sweetness, love and compassion. She loved her family, her neighbors, her friends, her church and her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. She was a committed Christian who shared her life and testimony with many churches and at many places in Gainesville. Her powerful Christian life was a wonderful blessing to all who knew her. She was a member of Dunagans Chapel UMC.

In Lieu of Flowers donations can be made to Dunagans Chapel UMC in memory of Mrs. Mary Ann Hope Kendall.

Memorial Park Funeral Home, 2030 Memorial Park Road, Gainesville, GA  30504 is in charge of arrangements.

Send online condolences to www.memorialparkfuneralhomes.com.